AT&T uses the CounterPath Eyebeam softclient in a rebranded manner and has only begun to push the softphone recently after a launch last summer here at CES in Las Vegas.
For those on a PC you can take your CallVantage with you. With all the other ways to do the same thing via Skype, Free World Dialup (yes it's still around), GizmoProject, Yahoo Messenger with Voice, AOL AIM Phoneline, etc. I'm not sure that the late entry is really going to make many waves despite how well it works.
With CallVantage's Find Me/Follow Me service and Gizmo, or with GrandCentral or Webley I can have what the CounterPath client does for the most part. If I want to make my number appear to be my home number, I can dial into AT&T's inbound Call Manager, log on and then dial out using DTMF tones and accomplish the same thing without adding more software.
For those though who don't use any of the above, and want to have their CallVantage on the road, it is a very good solution. I've used a similar CounterPath client on a PC with Broadvoice and the service worked as expected, with only some minor echo and latency issues which by now I figure the crew at CounterPath have cleared up.
On the subject of softphones, wandering around CES I was intrigued by the new Windows Vista Sidebar and how many new applications and devices that will spawn. The very Mac like Widget Vista Gadget's are rather interesting and I expect that sector alone to be a hot area for controlling Voice 2.0 applications. One that is out is a new softphone from Japan.
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